Italy has along history of immigration and we know for certain the Greeks populated south Italy around 5000 BC and the Celts arrived in north Italy around a couple of thousand… years later..
Today, immigrants from Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe are stopping the population of Italy from declining, as well as forming a significant, new percentage of Italian citizens.

Slang words for an Italian male and an Italian female are Romeo and Giulietta . They're proper nouns, from the play 'Romeo and Juliet' by William Shakespeare [baptized Apri…l 26, 1564-April 23, 1616]. The name 'Romeo' is pronounced 'ROH-meh-oh', and the name 'Giulietta' 'joo-lee-EHT-tah'.

" Friend " is an English equivalent of the Italian American slang term goomba . Specifically, the Italian American word is an Americanization of the Italian word compare …and the Sicilian cumpari . The latter two words are regional forms of padrino , which literally means "godfather, sponsor." The pronunciation is "GOOM-bah" in slang, "koom-PAH-ree" in Sicilian, "kohm-PAH-ray" in regional Italian, and "pah-DREE-noh" in textbook Italian.

No , " Valentino " is not an Italian slang equivalent of "Valentine." Specifically, the Italian word is a long-established masculine first name among Italian language speaker…s. The pronunciation is "VAH-lehn-TEE-noh." Many Italian names have masculine and feminine equivalents. The feminine equivalent, " Valentina ," is pronounced "VAH-lehn-TEE-nah."

Racial profiling is a term that is used to describe the practise of substituting one's skin color for evidence as ground for suspicion. This is mostly used in police work, and… unfortunately happens all the time.